Waterstones Gower St Indie Spotlight: Safinah Danish Elahi in Conversation with Ayisha Malik
Join us for an evening celebrating the publication of Safinah Danish Elahi’s new novel The Idle Stance of the Tippler Pigeon (Neem Tree Press). Safinah will be in conversation with Ayisha Malik.
The Idle Stance of the Tippler Pigeon is a beautifully rendered portrait of love, healing, and long-buried pain, digging deep into the nature of gender politics and class divisions.
Zohaib, Misha and Nadia believed they would be in each other’s lives forever. Yet nothing could have prepared them for the tragic turn of events one fateful afternoon in Karachi, Pakistan, when the divisions and differences between them are revealed.
Years later and they are still trying to make sense of what happened. Zohaib is living in London, haunted by the ghosts of the past. Nadia has escaped the household where she first met Misha and Zohaib but finds fate delivering her back to their door…
‘The Idle Stance of the Tippler Pigeon is the gently wrought story of a Pakistani family struggling through the aftermath of an unimaginable tragedy. It addresses themes of loss, family, womanhood and friendship with sensitivity, grace and an enduring love for Pakistan.’ – Cherie Jones
Don’t forget to include a copy of The Idle Stance of the Tippler Pigeon with your ticket! There will be a book signing following the discussion. Join us from 18:00 for a welcome drink!
Safinah Danish Elahi is a lawyer, writer, and poet. She is the author of two novels, The Unbridled Romance of Love & Pain and Eye on the Prize, which has been commissioned for television. She is also the founder of Reverie Publishers, an independent press based in Pakistan. Recently, Safinah was selected for the Iowa Writer’s Workshop 2022 Fall Residency.
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Ayisha Malik is author of critically acclaimed novels Sofia Khan is Not Obliged, The Other Half of Happiness, This Green and Pleasant Land and The Movement. She was a WHSmith Fresh Talent Pick and Sofia Khan was a London CityReads choice. Her contributions have included, A Change is Gonna Come, A Matchmade in Heaven and the Sunday Times bestselling Conversations in Love. She has written a re-telling of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park – part of Hachette’s Awesomely Austen children’s series – and the children’s book Seven Sisters. Malik is winner of The Diversity Book Awards and has been shortlisted for the Asian Women of Achievement Award, Marie Claire’s Future Shapers Awards, h100’s Awards for Publishing and Writing, and is recipient of the Society of Authors’ Travelling Scholarship. Sofia Khan is not Obliged and The Movement are optioned for television.
Waterstones, London – Gower Street
Tuesday 18th July 2023
18:30 – 19:45
18:30 – 19:45
£15 Ticket including a copy of The Idle Stance of the Tippler Pigeon
£7 General Admission / £5 Student Ticket
